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Someone You Can Build a Nest In
John Wiswell
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This book was so good, I finished it in one sitting! There was so much going on with Linda's brain, and the way she described things was so unique. Her friendship with Karina was peak, and I loved watching her develop relationships with the other characters like Karina's fiancé and her friends. I was also very surprised to end up not hating Simon by the end. I feel weird to say this, but I've seen this referred to as "weird girl fiction," and I genuinely didn't find it all that weird. Yes, Linda's interest in planes was... unconventional, but she was also just living her life. It felt more like watching someone in the midst of a mid-life crisis than it did something weird.
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Sky Daddy
Kate Folk
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Sky Daddy
Kate Folk
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How many books have you read this month, & what are their formats? I read Total 6 books this month! 3đ 2đ± 1đ§đ
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This book could have been way shorter without losing anything for how repetitive it was. Ekata continuously made mistakes without thinking them through or learning from them, and at times, it felt like she was just doing it to piss off Eirhan. She was also way too whiny for someone who was putting in barely any effort to being the Grand Duke. The plot twists didn't really do anything for me, as Ekata was already suspicious of everyone, and just to be safe, I was suspicious of everyone else (there was so much political intrigue, I needed to cover my bases đ). I did enjoy the world this was set in, and I would be interested in a sequel or another standalone set in the same universe. The casual queerness and not-assumed-heteronormativity was great to read as well. I didn't care too much about Inkar, but I listened to the audiobook and absolutely hated how the narrator did her voice, so that definitely influence my opinion of her.
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The Winter Duke
Claire Eliza Bartlett
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content warning for mentions of stalking, manipulation, assault, rape, coercive control, abuse, and the romanticization of the aforementioned.
I'd like to start off by saying I am aromantic and not much of a romance reader myself (although I don't mind a romance subplot if it's done well), so I'm asking this as an outsider to the genre. I first remember hearing the term "dark romance" as a teenager, and at that point it seemed to refer to any romance book that featured and romanticized stalking, manipulation, assault, rape, coercive control, or other abuses between the protagonist and their (usually her) love interest. Books like Twilight, 50 Shades of Gray, and Throne of Glass come to mind for me first when I hear the term, although I know that they are probably a bit too out-of-date to meaningfully represent the genre today.
Lately, I've been seeing more and more conversation about dark romance, and in particular I've seen more and more people say that "real" dark romance does not involve any abuse or assault between the romantically-involved characters. If that is the case, then what distinguishes a dark romance from a regular romance? Is this a popular position among dark romance readers or a controversial one? Is there a different genre title for books that do feature abuse or rape (and to be clear, here I am referring to specifically abuse and rape, not impact play or consensual non-consent or any other kink) in a romanticized or eroticized way?
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Tempests & Tea Leaves (The Charmed Leaf Legacy, #1)
Rachel Morgan
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Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson
0snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
So my school is doing a reading challenge, which I obviously agreed to do, which involves reading a book from (mostly) every genre. Of course, this involves sports. Only I hate sports with a burning passion but have to read one to finish the challenge. So does anyone have a sports book rec that doesnât feel like a sports book? I mostly read dystopian and fantasy with romance as a subplot. The less is it feels like Iâm reading a sports book the better. I know the chance of me finding something Iâll be able to stick with is low but Iâve gotta try.
27snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hi everyone! I thought it would be cool to share books where the main character is/does [something], to help people (ME!) discover new books Here's a list with a few ideas I would love to see! A book where the main character...
- is a dancer;
- does a very questionable choice;
- is a wonderful friend but a "bad" person;
- is a crocheter;
- is a dragon;
- commits a big mistake and by the end of the book she still couldn't solve it.
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Do you update your goal or just crush it and adjust next year? I have the feeling of wanting to adjust it but at the same time Iâd be upset if I donât hit my new goal đ
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The Winter Duke
Claire Eliza Bartlett
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Plants! Celebrate the leafy, fungal, flowering world with these non-fiction titles. Through science writing, memoirs, and essays (and more!), learn about the inner workings of plants, explore the interconnected nature of nature, and discover just how vast the mycelium network really is.
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